# @nbcnews on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DKXhLNVN3X7
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/31174678-nbcnews-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-06-01T18:01:06.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NBC News (@NBCNews) — https://gondola.cc/NBCNews

## Caption

Denver parents Brandon and Candace said their fears of having to leave the country were realized just 13 days into President Donald Trump’s second term. 

This is when they were told by their 9-year-old transgender daughter Chase’s medical team that they could no longer provide transition-related medical care to anyone under 19 due to an executive order Trump issued that barred research and education grants from going to hospitals that provide such care to minors.

The family will leave the U.S. and begin 35 hours of travel to their new home in New Zealand in July 23. 

Brandon and Candace are one of five families interviewed by NBC News who have either already left or are planning to leave the country as a result of federal and state policies targeting transgender people and their health care. 

The families described fears of losing access to health care and identification documents that reflect their gender identities and increased anti-trans violence. 

An increasing number of trans people are now deciding to leave the U.S., but Syndey Duncan, a lawyer for Advocates for Trans Equality, cautioned that this still isn’t a widespread trend as many trans people don’t have the resources to upend their lives and move.

Read more at the link in bio.

📷️ @jimenapeck for @nbcnews

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| NBC News | @NBCNews | https://gondola.cc/NBCNews | Television News Network |
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